Definition of Squaring

1. Verb. (present participle of square) ¹

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Definition of Squaring

1. square [v] - See also: square

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squaring

squarer
squarers
squares
squares the circle
squaresail
squaresails
squarest
squaretail
squaretails
squaretoes
squarewise
squarial
squarials
squaric
squaric acid
squaring (current term)
squaring the circle
squarings
squarish
squarishly
squarishness
squarishnesses
squark
squarks
squarrose
squarrosely
squarroso-dentate
squarrous
squarrulose
squarson

Literary usage of Squaring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Problems of Science by Federigo Enriques (1914)
"THE squaring OF THE CIRCLE. One need not be versed in geometry, mechanics or chemistry, to have heard of certain famous problems, such as the squaring of ..."

2. The Teacher's Hand-book of Slöjd: As Practised and Taught at Nääs by Otto Aron Salomon, Carl Nordendahl, Alfred Johansson (1904)
"Sawing off, long sawing, face planing, edge planing, squaring, gauging, ... Sawing off, chopping, face planing, squaring, boring with centre- bit, ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Circle squaring. squaring of the circle. JF Springer. II. Scl. Am. 104: 6-7. Ja. 7, 41. Circulation of the blood. See Blood—Circulation. ..."

4. On the Adjustment and Testing of Telescopic Objectives by Harold Dennis Taylor (1896)
"squaring ON. In the first place it may be pointed out that portable and pocket telescopes of under three inches aperture and used for terrestrial purposes ..."

5. A Treatise on Cranes by Henry Robinson Towne (1883)
"22 below comprises the bridge squaring device described in the preceding chapter, with the addition of a grip wheel applied to each of the fixed squaring ..."

6. A Treatise on Cranes by Henry Robinson Towne (1883)
"squaring, AND BRIDGE AND TROLLEY MOVING DEVICE FOR TRAVELING CRANES. In Fig. 21 has been shown the Weston system of fixed wire cords as arranged to ..."

7. Junior High School Mathematics by John Charles Stone (1919)
"squaring A TWO-FIGURED NUMBER Subtraction and division are inverse ... The general process of squaring a number may be seen by analyzing the work of ..."

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